Apparatus for pressing garments



June 22, 1937. CROCELLA APPARATUS FOR PRESSING GARMENTS F led Feb. 21, 1936 INVENTOR. I

T/wmms' Uracellw ATTORNEYS Patented inane 22, 1937 TEET FEE This invention relates to apparatus for pressing garments and has particular reference to an improved apparatus which facilitates the lifting and moving of the iron during the pressing operatlon, while permitting of the free and unham pered movement thereof.

The invention broadly comprehends a pressing. apparatus which is so constructed and arranged as to exert a'tensionedlift or resilient 1o upward pull on the pressing iron to thereby lessen the effort required to lift and move the same and which permits of the free longitudinal and lateral movement of the iron over the pressing hoard.

The invention more specifically includes an elevated supporting track, a pressing iron suspension means including a trolley associated with and guided by the track together with a'contractile spring depending from the trolley and connected with the pressing iron for exerting a resilient upward pull on the pressing iron to serve as an auxiliary or a supplemental means for facilitating the lifting and moving of said pressing iron and thereby relieve the operator of a portion of the labor incident to the pressing of garments.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following speciflcation and accompanying drawing in which 39 there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, while the appended claims cover variations and modifications thereof which fall within the scope of the invention.

In the drawing: Fig. l is a perspective view illustrating an apparatus embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the trolley. Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, the apparatus includes a supporting structure or table iii upon the upper surface of which is mounted a garment pressing board H and an insulated pressing iron rest i2 on which the pressing iron i3 is placed when not in use.

In order to provide means for facilitating the lifting and moving of the pressing iron during the pressing operation, the table in is provided witha pair of oppositely disposed standards it extending upwardly from the top thereof and to the upper end of which is secured a supporting track extending longitudinally of the pressing board it and in superposed relation thereto. A pressing iron suspenrzon means, indicated generally by the reference character l6, includes a sheave or trolley i'l associated with the track i5 55 for longitudinal guided rolling movement thereover and which sheave or trolley is journaled in 2.

depending bearing block it! to which is connected a depending contractile spring it attached at its lower end to the handle of the pressing iron i3. 5

By this construction, the sheave or trolley ii is capable of longitudinal rocking movement on the track l5 and laterally with respect thereto so that the suspension means it has a universal swinging movement with respect to the track i5 whereby free and unhampered longitudinal and lateral movement of the pressing iron i3 is per= mitted while the spring 45 serves as an auxiliary or supplemental means for facilitating the lifting of the pressing iron it from the iron rest it to 15 the garment pressing board ii and vice versa in addition to relieving the operator of a portion of the labor incident to the pressing of the garment.

The track i5 is preferably a wire or rod of circular shape in cross sectional configuration 20 which is stretched between the standards i l, the standards being connected at their upper ends by a cross bar 25] for preventing inward flexing of the standards. The bearing block l is pro- 25 vided in one side face'thereof with an opening it through which the track l5 passes when the block is applied thereto or removed therefrom.

For the purpose of preventing injury to the operator in the event of accidental disengage- 30 ment of the bearing block from the track, a cable 22 is attached at its opposite ends respectively to the upper end of the block and t0 the cross bar 20, the cable being of a sufficient length to permit of the movement of the trolley on the track.

What is claimed is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described,

an elevated supporting track, a pressing iron and a suspension means including a trolley associ- 40 ated with and longitudinally guided by the track, and a laterally flexible contractile spring depending from the trolley and means connecting the lower end of the spring with the forward end of the handle of the pressing iron for exerting a resilient upward pull on the pressing iron and an upward tilting thereof when in operation for facilitating the lifting and moving of the same. 2. In an apparatus of the character described, an elevated supporting track, a pressing iron and d a suspension means associated with said track for longitudinal guided movement and including a trolley rollable along said track, and a laterally flexible contractile spring depending from the trolley and means connecting the lower end of 55 relation thereto, a pressing iron, a suspension means associatedwith the track for universal swinging movement with relation thereto and in cluding a trolley longitudinally rollable on said track, a cable secured at one end to the frame and at its opposite end to the trolley for sun pending the trolley in the event of disengagement thereof from the track, and a contractile 7 spring depending from the trolley and connected with the pressing iron for-exerting a resilient, upward pull on the iron for facilitating the lifting and moving of the same.

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